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winter is coming to xfinity. >>> congressman trey gowdy did not rush to the defense of the trumps. >> someone close to the president needs to get everyone connected with that campaign in a room. and say from the time you saw dr. gentleman having ao until the moment you drank vodka with a guy named boris, you list every one of those and we will turn them over to the counsel until this drip drip drip is undermining the credibility of the administration. >> here is what chairman said today. on donald trump jr's offer to cooperate with congressional committees. >> we certainly want him to come in plainly as we saw constantly evolving stories from the president's son, we cannot rely on any public representations that are made by the family about their contacts with the russians. we have now seen a very demonstratable pattern of dissembling about these meetings. this was unethical. it was, i think, in violation of the oaths of citizenship to willingly solicit, seven courage foreign intervention in our election. so this is a very serious business whether criminal laws were violated or not. >
winter is coming to xfinity. >>> congressman trey gowdy did not rush to the defense of the trumps. >> someone close to the president needs to get everyone connected with that campaign in a room. and say from the time you saw dr. gentleman having ao until the moment you drank vodka with a guy named boris, you list every one of those and we will turn them over to the counsel until this drip drip drip is undermining the credibility of the administration. >> here is what...
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the only manafort defense there is he didn't know it was a crime. there is a lot of evidence to contradict that, lawrence. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> you bet. >> when we come back, a former head of the cia said that the president has deep, twisted and irrational impulses and a former four-star general is now saying the president has outright separation from the truth. donald trump is starting to sound even more dangerous to those former government officials. >>> and later, why are republicans in danger of losing what is supposed to be a very safe republican seat? there is a one-point lead in the latest poll by the democrats in that very dramatic race where the voters will go to the polls tomorrow in ohio. nk that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you do well or no
the only manafort defense there is he didn't know it was a crime. there is a lot of evidence to contradict that, lawrence. >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> you bet. >> when we come back, a former head of the cia said that the president has deep, twisted and irrational impulses and a former four-star general is now saying the president has outright separation from the truth. donald trump is starting to sound even more dangerous to those...
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. >> until today, when he hired a criminal defense lawyer. and now tonight we're starting to hear from the criminal defense lawyer about this instead of directly from donald trump jr. >> and the criminal defense lawyer's statements thus far directly contradict everything donald trump jr. has said in public about this story. >> but donald trump jr. contradicted donald trump jr., so that apparently is okay. in trump world, it is okay to contradict donald trump jr. anyway. >> you know, you have to be a very, very, very flexible lawyer to take on this kind of assignment. these guys have to be nimble, pliable, you know, live. you know how it is. >> thank you, rachel. really appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> well, tonight we are going to begin with this breaking news from "the new york times" that you've heard reported by rachel maddow. here is the first paragraph of that story. before arranging a meeting with a kremlin-connected russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about hillary clinton, donald trump jr. was
. >> until today, when he hired a criminal defense lawyer. and now tonight we're starting to hear from the criminal defense lawyer about this instead of directly from donald trump jr. >> and the criminal defense lawyer's statements thus far directly contradict everything donald trump jr. has said in public about this story. >> but donald trump jr. contradicted donald trump jr., so that apparently is okay. in trump world, it is okay to contradict donald trump jr. anyway....
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jared kushner will have only one defense when he has to testify under oath about this congress and the special prosecutor, i forgot. i forgot that meeting. with paul manafort. and donald jr. and natalia vessel knits skia. here is is who jared kushner will have to claim under oath that he forgot. >> translator: it's quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information. they wanted it so badly. >> what will be the credibility? of his insistence that he simply forgot about meeting her? jared kushner will then be asked how many meetings did he have in trump tower during the campaign with russian women who could not speak english and arrived with their own interpreter? when donald trump jr. testifies, i forgot, his credibility about forgetting will be tested. and special prosecutor robert mueller will have to ask himself if he thinks a washington, d.c. jury will believe that jared kushner forget natalia and her trance plat later. people in jared kushner's position usually don't like to take that risk so they decide to help prosecutors wherever they might be able to help. michael
jared kushner will have only one defense when he has to testify under oath about this congress and the special prosecutor, i forgot. i forgot that meeting. with paul manafort. and donald jr. and natalia vessel knits skia. here is is who jared kushner will have to claim under oath that he forgot. >> translator: it's quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information. they wanted it so badly. >> what will be the credibility? of his insistence that he simply forgot about...
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it's defense. bae systems. >>> the rally in sacramentoo started early, and ended early. jacob, what is the situation there? what we are seeing, thousands of people inside the rally walking out. what we are going to see up ahead are police. a lineup of them, separating protesters, here the entire rally, from supporters, throughout the rally and before, there was taunting, and reporters, shouting shame on you, to the trump supporters. what we were seeing, it wasn't as intense as we have seen in the past week. because this was held at an airport very far away. back here live. the police on motorcycle. here are the protesters left over. so far, nothing physical and no arrests. >> nothing newsworthy in that trump speech. we show you you that one today. his call for donald trump to return grant money that he took from a fund that was meant for victims of 9/11. to folks out there whose diabetic nerve pain... shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks extraordinarily painful, i hear you. make sure your doctor hears yo
it's defense. bae systems. >>> the rally in sacramentoo started early, and ended early. jacob, what is the situation there? what we are seeing, thousands of people inside the rally walking out. what we are going to see up ahead are police. a lineup of them, separating protesters, here the entire rally, from supporters, throughout the rally and before, there was taunting, and reporters, shouting shame on you, to the trump supporters. what we were seeing, it wasn't as intense as we have...
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. >>> plus the white house on defense today as the president chooses to weigh in on al franken but refranins from condemning roy moore. >>> the president says he'll hold off on allowing elephant trophies to be brought into the u.s. "the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now.
. >>> plus the white house on defense today as the president chooses to weigh in on al franken but refranins from condemning roy moore. >>> the president says he'll hold off on allowing elephant trophies to be brought into the u.s. "the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now.
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and we have to keep our defense up. we have to keep on top of it. but be aware that this is a different era. you know, the theme of this season is divided we fail. and we see the consequences of the division within the intelligence agencies and what that led to. but the extreme partisanship and the discredit that is thrown at the intelligence agencies i think is very damaging and distracting to us right now when we should be concentrated on these threats. >> let me close by talking about in the book "the looming tower," zawahiri comes through in the hulu series as well. here we are 18 years later, who would have thought that zawahiri would still be out there, still be guiding al qaeda. when you consider that, what do you conclude about this man? >> well, he's proven himself to be a far more supple leader than i thought he would be. up to 9/11, he had not been a good leader. he had, you know, his egyptian islamic jihad which he had run into the ground. he was not charismatic. he was sort on of the opposite. but he has proved to be elusive. and he has
and we have to keep our defense up. we have to keep on top of it. but be aware that this is a different era. you know, the theme of this season is divided we fail. and we see the consequences of the division within the intelligence agencies and what that led to. but the extreme partisanship and the discredit that is thrown at the intelligence agencies i think is very damaging and distracting to us right now when we should be concentrated on these threats. >> let me close by talking about...
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. >> evelyn, how is the defense community, the intelligence committee, responding to this part of the trump presidency, the wild tweeting about their activities? i mean, this notion of this wiretapping would certainly involve at least the fbi, possibly more than that. >> well, first of all, it's a continuation of the assault that donald trump, that president trump, has essentially committed against the intelligence community since the day he became a candidate almost when he was disparaging the professionals saying he didn't want to listen to their intelligence briefings, et cetera. but the bigger problem is there's a national security issue here. russia is our adversary. they do not mean the united states well. and the first thing the congressional republicans can do is do a real investigation, start a real investigation, on the hill on what russia did to interfere in our elections. they can set up a select committee orn independent bipartisan commission, but they've got to do it fast because is is not going away. >> nick, donald trump did not get a majority of the vote when he ran f
. >> evelyn, how is the defense community, the intelligence committee, responding to this part of the trump presidency, the wild tweeting about their activities? i mean, this notion of this wiretapping would certainly involve at least the fbi, possibly more than that. >> well, first of all, it's a continuation of the assault that donald trump, that president trump, has essentially committed against the intelligence community since the day he became a candidate almost when he was...
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>> the defense is shaking up a little bit. particularly with the stormy daniels cross-examination, they are trying to blame allen weisselberg. i think the falsity of the business records speaks for itself on that document. i'm referring to the bank account. >> number 35. exhibit 35. >> this is an account statement on first republic bank, and what it shows is allen weisselberg's handwriting on it with grossed up figures. people don't gross up for taxes, and it was basically doubled and the math of it shows the $35,000 payments it. explains how he got to $35,000 payments. for the viewers who may not have followed that, there was $130,000 sent to stormy daniels, plus $50,000 that was sent to a company that was doing online -- >> red fin tech services. >> that got to $180,000. that number was grossed up. it was doubled, plus there was a bonus thrown in for michael cohen. if you make it monthly payments was $35,000. someone who famously didn't pay his lawyers. michael cohen testified earlier today that he gave donald trump when he
>> the defense is shaking up a little bit. particularly with the stormy daniels cross-examination, they are trying to blame allen weisselberg. i think the falsity of the business records speaks for itself on that document. i'm referring to the bank account. >> number 35. exhibit 35. >> this is an account statement on first republic bank, and what it shows is allen weisselberg's handwriting on it with grossed up figures. people don't gross up for taxes, and it was basically...
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this after the judge denied a defense notion move that trial out of minneapolis. defense attorneys claim chauvin could not get a fair trial because of all the publicity following that city's historic $27 million settlement with the family of george floyd. the judge will also allow evidence to be heard from floyd's 2019 arrest. >> 2019 evidence is only admissible for the limited purpose of showing what mr. floyd's -- as an example of mr. floyd's bodily reaction, his physical symptoms upon being confronted in almost the exact same situation. >>> and joining me now, msnbc legal analyst paul butler. paul, welcome, good to see you. so, as we just heard, judge cahill is allowing evidence from george floyd's 2019 arrest to be admissible in the chauvin trial. give me your thoughts on that. >> this is a huge victory for chauvin, alex. his defense will be that he didn't kill george floyd and that floyd died because of a drug overdose, and they say that when floyd knew that he was going to be arrested, he swallowed drugs so that the police would not find them and now they ha
this after the judge denied a defense notion move that trial out of minneapolis. defense attorneys claim chauvin could not get a fair trial because of all the publicity following that city's historic $27 million settlement with the family of george floyd. the judge will also allow evidence to be heard from floyd's 2019 arrest. >> 2019 evidence is only admissible for the limited purpose of showing what mr. floyd's -- as an example of mr. floyd's bodily reaction, his physical symptoms upon...
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as former -- >> defense. >> sorry, defense. that the white house would drop from the promotion and support the democracy from around the world. >> as former defense department and former senate staffer i view that with a lot of concern. because you know, we've never dropped democracy from our mission even when the united states as most isolationist. we said we will stand as the city on the hill. example for the world. so we're not going to intervene or try to tell people how to run their lives. what we want to still be an example of them of how to be prosperous. i think taking this out of the equation is a mistake. the administration could have said, we won't force demock roocy on people. that's one thing. but to say, to actually eliminate democratic, that's what makes us different as americans. we're not just about prosperity. we're about values. democracy. how do we get to prosperity. we do it through democracy. every man and woman, one vote, et cetera. >> and david, what i find so striking about this is that a mission statem
as former -- >> defense. >> sorry, defense. that the white house would drop from the promotion and support the democracy from around the world. >> as former defense department and former senate staffer i view that with a lot of concern. because you know, we've never dropped democracy from our mission even when the united states as most isolationist. we said we will stand as the city on the hill. example for the world. so we're not going to intervene or try to tell people how...
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sometimes ignorance of a law is no defense. in this case it actually is. it's not so simple of linking trump to the payment. but michael cohen is clearly saying he had criminal intent. he knew this was about protecting donald trump for the election. and he would testify at a trial it would seem that was donald trump's intent. and when this first came out donald trump lied about it. he said he didn't know anything about the payments. and the other big piece of news which you alluded to was the level of cooperation that michael cohen is providing on the heart of the investigation, which is russia collusion. and it's not completely spelled out here but it's not just about the trump tower moskow. there were a number of issues here alluded to where cohen talked to mueller's office about contacts with russians. and it goes into the white house. it also talks about cohen dealing with people in the white house up until this year, and that is the first mention of mueller coming into the current white houses as opposed to the campaign. and the last thing i'll say, l
sometimes ignorance of a law is no defense. in this case it actually is. it's not so simple of linking trump to the payment. but michael cohen is clearly saying he had criminal intent. he knew this was about protecting donald trump for the election. and he would testify at a trial it would seem that was donald trump's intent. and when this first came out donald trump lied about it. he said he didn't know anything about the payments. and the other big piece of news which you alluded to was the...
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>> i do. >> do understand you wave any and all defenses including mental health defenses by interests entering this guilty plea? >> yes. >> how do you plead to the six counts of interfering with election duties? >> guilty. >> the defendant sydney powell, along with several coconspirators entered into a conspiracy to intervene with the performance of election duties of codefendant misty hampton, also known as emily misty hayes. and our time is relevant to the conspiracy, misty hampton was the elections coordinator for a coffee county georgia, and was subject to title 21 of octa. the purpose of the conspiracy was to use misty hampton's position to unlawfully access secure elections machines in coffee county, georgia. the restitution will go to the secretary of state for the cost to those incurred for having to replace equipment. >> are you pleading to guilty today because you agree that there is a sufficient factual basis? that there are enough facts to support this plea of guilty? >> i. do >> you testify truthfully against any and all codefendants in this manner, and any other proceedi
>> i do. >> do understand you wave any and all defenses including mental health defenses by interests entering this guilty plea? >> yes. >> how do you plead to the six counts of interfering with election duties? >> guilty. >> the defendant sydney powell, along with several coconspirators entered into a conspiracy to intervene with the performance of election duties of codefendant misty hampton, also known as emily misty hayes. and our time is relevant to the...
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we need full visibility into the budget planning underway at the defense department and other agencies in order to avoid any window of confusion or catch-up that our adversaries may try to exploit. as i said from the beginning, we have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. right now we just aren't getting all the information that we need for the ongoing -- from the outgoing administration in key national security areas. it's nothing short, in my view, of irresponsibility. >> leading off our discussion tonight, jonathan alter, columnist for the daily beast and msnbc political analyst. he's the author of the new book, his very best, jimmy carter, a life. christina greer is with us, associate professor of political science at fordham university. >>> jonathan, let me start with you and jimmy carter because jimmy carter was in the position that donald trump finds himself in. jimmy carter, a one-time president defeated in his reelection campaign, by a republican incoming president, ronald reagan. it was a te
we need full visibility into the budget planning underway at the defense department and other agencies in order to avoid any window of confusion or catch-up that our adversaries may try to exploit. as i said from the beginning, we have encountered roadblocks from the political leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. right now we just aren't getting all the information that we need for the ongoing -- from the outgoing administration in key national...
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judge parker dismantled each attorney's defense point by point. some of the attorneys said because they were not admitted to practice law in michigan, the judge had no authority over themto which the judge cited the michigan rules of professional conduct, quote, a lawyer not admitted in this jurisdiction is also subject to the disciplinary authority of this jurisdiction if the lawyer provides or offers to provide any legal services in this jurisdiction. the judge found that attorney lynn wood was not telling the truth when he said he did not realize that his name was going to be included in this lawsuit as one of the lawyers in the case. the judge questioned lynn wood closely about this during the hearing, and lynn wood said then, i do not specifically recall being asked about the michigan complaint. would i have objected to be included by name? i don't believe so. and in that same hearing, sydney powell, when questioned by the judge, contradicted lynn wood saying, my view, your honor, is that i did specifically ask mr. wood for his permission. in
judge parker dismantled each attorney's defense point by point. some of the attorneys said because they were not admitted to practice law in michigan, the judge had no authority over themto which the judge cited the michigan rules of professional conduct, quote, a lawyer not admitted in this jurisdiction is also subject to the disciplinary authority of this jurisdiction if the lawyer provides or offers to provide any legal services in this jurisdiction. the judge found that attorney lynn wood...
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this was an exchange between trump's defense attorney and stormy daniels. susan, am i correct you hate president trump. stormy daniels, yes. and you want him to go to jail, right? daniels, i want him to be held accountable. necheles, you want him to go to jail, right? >> if he's found guilty, yes. >> if you are watching this program you probably made up your mind about stormy daniels some time ago, but how did the 12 jurors understand what they saw today? did the prosecution risk anything by putting stormy daniels on the stand? or did this all work to their advantage? joining me now is josh gerstein and christy greenberg, former federal prosecutor. both were in the courtroom today. the bigger picture of stormy daniels. we went into a lot of detail early in the show about what she divulged in terms of an affair with trump. but on the cross it was a pretty heated exchange between her and susan necheles, trump's attorney. >> it's still continuing and at the same time she opened by saying you rehearsed your testimony and so prepared and went through what you we
this was an exchange between trump's defense attorney and stormy daniels. susan, am i correct you hate president trump. stormy daniels, yes. and you want him to go to jail, right? daniels, i want him to be held accountable. necheles, you want him to go to jail, right? >> if he's found guilty, yes. >> if you are watching this program you probably made up your mind about stormy daniels some time ago, but how did the 12 jurors understand what they saw today? did the prosecution risk...
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the medical examiner is going to be a key part of the defense case. going forward this is not caused by a lack of oxygen but rather a heart attack. they never saw mr. floyd in a prone position, they did not know what to look for what was hiding in plain site of the low level of oxygen was the cause of death. they anticipated it and rebutted it before the defense had a chance to make the case. >> we have to go to a break. i want to ask you about police training. today dr. tobin destroyed the idea that if you can speak, you can breathe. we heard in police training that has been as basic message in training. when you were trained for the nypd, was that the theory at the time? if they can speak, they can breathe? >> it goes further than that. it was no trailing with regards to what asphyxiation looks like. what will happen if someone is being choked out so to speak. this was many years ago and training has involved. something i have stressed is while i have great respect for our men and women, they're police officers, it may be a time to integrate more ci
the medical examiner is going to be a key part of the defense case. going forward this is not caused by a lack of oxygen but rather a heart attack. they never saw mr. floyd in a prone position, they did not know what to look for what was hiding in plain site of the low level of oxygen was the cause of death. they anticipated it and rebutted it before the defense had a chance to make the case. >> we have to go to a break. i want to ask you about police training. today dr. tobin destroyed...
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well the supporters had been shopping their defense. >> do i think it's appropriate? i think it would have been the same thing. it's opposition research. anybody that's been in an election you're always looking to get the upper hand. if somebody comes to us and says we've got information on an opponent, yeah i think that's an appropriate thing to do. >> was that illegal? it is a material reality of what they did was illegal? we'll get to the facts on that. you can take information from anyone. >> i do think this. i think from a practical standpoint most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. and i think it's a meeting that most people many in politics would have take. >> narrator: everybody does it, so says president trump and his defenders, even though it is the means of acquiring that information at the source, that's the real issue. joining me now, joy reid. lawrence wright, pulitzer prize writer, a fantastic new piece called "america's future in texas." joy, let me start with you. we're watching t
well the supporters had been shopping their defense. >> do i think it's appropriate? i think it would have been the same thing. it's opposition research. anybody that's been in an election you're always looking to get the upper hand. if somebody comes to us and says we've got information on an opponent, yeah i think that's an appropriate thing to do. >> was that illegal? it is a material reality of what they did was illegal? we'll get to the facts on that. you can take information...
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and then since the defense put on no defense it hasn't been contradicted at all. and that was about the disclosure of foreign bank accounts. a treasury official testified who's an investigator of these kinds of matters, a prosecution asked did you conduct a search of whether paul manafort filed an f bar 4 the tax years 20112012, 2013 and 2014. these were reports there were no foreign bank accounts. the witness says there were none filed, absolutely none. prosecution, thank you, they're done. no contradiction of that from the defense. what can possibly be in the final argument that a juror could cling to, something in the defense final argument, that could lead to a not guilty on that count? >> excuse me. the argument that the defense will have to make here, lawrence, is that mr. manafort lacked the intent to fail to report these foreign bank accounts, meaning he sure didn't, he sure had them, but the reason it's not a crime, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is that there was an omission, it was a mistake. the government has to show that when he failed to report t
and then since the defense put on no defense it hasn't been contradicted at all. and that was about the disclosure of foreign bank accounts. a treasury official testified who's an investigator of these kinds of matters, a prosecution asked did you conduct a search of whether paul manafort filed an f bar 4 the tax years 20112012, 2013 and 2014. these were reports there were no foreign bank accounts. the witness says there were none filed, absolutely none. prosecution, thank you, they're done. no...
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ti o'brian, let me read to you about something from the defense lawyers. defense lawyers pointed to the harm that the business, the trump organization, could face if it were indicted, including damage to its relationships with bank and business partners, the people said. what is the danger of that? >> it could potentially put organizations out of business. we saw this with enron in the paths. banks don't want to lend money to organizations that have criminal charges hanging over their heads. donald trump is a developer who has always borrowed a lot of money to do business. he relies on bank debt for the leverage he needs to do business. if banks of any stripe won't extend him loans or continue to do business with him, that could be a death knell. other vendors and business partners who may no longer want ton in bed with the trump organization for both reputational and legal reasons. so it's a real -- it is going to be a heavy blow on the trump organization and it could be extremely existential. >> dan, so michael cohen's point that when this first indictme
ti o'brian, let me read to you about something from the defense lawyers. defense lawyers pointed to the harm that the business, the trump organization, could face if it were indicted, including damage to its relationships with bank and business partners, the people said. what is the danger of that? >> it could potentially put organizations out of business. we saw this with enron in the paths. banks don't want to lend money to organizations that have criminal charges hanging over their...
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. >> jeremy, how would it change your job at the defense department working for the secretary of defense if you were sitting there waiting for presidential decision that is simply were not coming? >> that would have been unacceptable. time matters. again, when lives are on the line you don't have a lot of time to waste. some of this authority should be predelegated. the rules of engagement should be set forth to the secretary of defense and the commanders on the ground. if there are jaumts to make you take that back to national security councils have that conversation in the inner agency group. ultimately take it to the president. if the president is not involved or more specifically if the president is unwilling to take the fight to russia in the skies over syria again that is a dangerous situation. >> jeremy bash thank you for sharing expertise and experience with us tonight. appreciate it. >> tonight's last word is next. dear predictable, there's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our
. >> jeremy, how would it change your job at the defense department working for the secretary of defense if you were sitting there waiting for presidential decision that is simply were not coming? >> that would have been unacceptable. time matters. again, when lives are on the line you don't have a lot of time to waste. some of this authority should be predelegated. the rules of engagement should be set forth to the secretary of defense and the commanders on the ground. if there are...
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and his defense counsel lied about it today. they said once the attack had started all he did was call for calm. no, all he did once the attack started he pointed the bulls eye -- the metaphorical bulls eye at mike pence who he knew at the time was already being whisked to safety ahead of the mob's incursion. and that new clarity has resulted in some interesting expressions of concern from prominent republicans. nikki haley former republican governor of south carolina, she was ambassador to u.n. under trump. haley has remained a powerful figure in republican politics. she's generally remained a defender of mr. trump. she wants to be considered a future presidential contender. but here's what she had to say about vice president pence's safety on january 6th and what president trump might have known about it. this is from politico. quote, when i tell you i'm angry it's an understatement haley hissed leaning forward as she spoke. mike has been nothing but loyal to that man. he has been nothing but a good friend to that man. i'm so
and his defense counsel lied about it today. they said once the attack had started all he did was call for calm. no, all he did once the attack started he pointed the bulls eye -- the metaphorical bulls eye at mike pence who he knew at the time was already being whisked to safety ahead of the mob's incursion. and that new clarity has resulted in some interesting expressions of concern from prominent republicans. nikki haley former republican governor of south carolina, she was ambassador to...
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heard enough and read enough about the accusations against roy moore and roy moore's self contradictory defense offered on sean hannity's radio show on friday. >> do you believe these allegations to believe true? >> i believe the women, yes. >> do you believe roy moore, calling for him to step down from the senate race. >> i did. i think he should step aside. >> are you encouraging a write-in campaign? >> that's an option. we're looking at. whether or not there is someone who could mount a write-in campaign successfully. >> would it be senator strange, do you think? >> we'll see. >> mitch mcconnell was the leader of the senate republicans who today stepped out of the if true group into the roy moore must drop out now group. every republican senator who endorsed roy moore has withdrawn their endorsement of roy moore with the exception of rand paul who just returned to capitol hill today after recovering from injuries. senator jeff flake today bah imthe first republican senator to say he would vote for a democrat over roy moore. just to be clear, he said if the choice is between roy moore and a d
heard enough and read enough about the accusations against roy moore and roy moore's self contradictory defense offered on sean hannity's radio show on friday. >> do you believe these allegations to believe true? >> i believe the women, yes. >> do you believe roy moore, calling for him to step down from the senate race. >> i did. i think he should step aside. >> are you encouraging a write-in campaign? >> that's an option. we're looking at. whether or not...
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and i'm going to hit canada with tariffs claiming that this is for national defense, immediately that day the chairman of the finance committee would immediately schedule a -- not a hearing on this subject because it's so clearly illegal we don't need one -- would immediately schedule a markup of a bill to modify the loss so that the president does not have that authority. they'd immediately just take it away. because chairman of committees were ego maniacal power hungry people who finally had their ego maniacal powers as chairman. so too was speaker of the house who presidents had to beg to do what they wanted even when the speaker was in the same party as the president. so too majority leaders even when the majority leader was in the same party as the president. the president was a beggar saying to those people would you do this, and most of the time they said no. and they gave the president some fraction of what the president asked them to do. and some part of that -- a lot of that was politics. a lot of it was the dynamics of the body. but a certain percentage of it was just good
and i'm going to hit canada with tariffs claiming that this is for national defense, immediately that day the chairman of the finance committee would immediately schedule a -- not a hearing on this subject because it's so clearly illegal we don't need one -- would immediately schedule a markup of a bill to modify the loss so that the president does not have that authority. they'd immediately just take it away. because chairman of committees were ego maniacal power hungry people who finally had...
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there isn't a defense of donald trump. there isn't anything helpful for donald trump anywhere in these transcripts offered by any of the republicans in the room, including the republican staff. >> that's right. and you don't see them tipping their hand to any kind of defense strategy. it really shows the advantage that democrats have had in holding these hearings behind closed doors. my experience in closed-door hearings is actually members do a much better job of trying to get to the truth because they're not playing for the audience beyond the cameras. and so they are actually much more thoughtful here. but if jordan and meadows thought there was any defense that they could make, they would be trying to elicit that from these witnesses. and one of the things that really struck me about this transcript is when ambassador mckinley says in his 37 years in the foreign service, he's never seen anything like this. so far all of those defenders of the president who keep trying to argue that all presidents do this, and what he h
there isn't a defense of donald trump. there isn't anything helpful for donald trump anywhere in these transcripts offered by any of the republicans in the room, including the republican staff. >> that's right. and you don't see them tipping their hand to any kind of defense strategy. it really shows the advantage that democrats have had in holding these hearings behind closed doors. my experience in closed-door hearings is actually members do a much better job of trying to get to the...
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and in just over 12 hours the trump defense lawyers will begin their defense. today the democratic managers drew a straight line from trump's incendiary rhetoric to the rioters' actions. and they warned the senators who make up the jury that failure to punish the former president would leave the door wide open for future political violence.
and in just over 12 hours the trump defense lawyers will begin their defense. today the democratic managers drew a straight line from trump's incendiary rhetoric to the rioters' actions. and they warned the senators who make up the jury that failure to punish the former president would leave the door wide open for future political violence.
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it's defense. bae systems. >> i will tell you, we have the best nurses in the world. if you of course that doctors are important, keep in mind that, for those of you who have been patients, you know this t doctors come by for perhaps, 15, 20 minutes a day. you have a nurse for 24 hours. so, the nurses are the true care givers, the one carrying out the physician orders. the nurses did say nenoneinal job. >> obama spent a long time talking about it, and nobody at the end of that speech, understood anything other than, boy does he hate donald trump. that is about the only thing. >> you have every right to believe that that is exactly and only what donald trump got out of president obama's speech today. you have every right to believe that donald trump didn't understood anything, when someone as ignorant as donald trump said he doesn't understand something, believe him. >> nobody in that speech understood anything. >> that is the way i felt in the third week of physics' class. it was a horrible feeling. imagine feeling that. every day. every day of your life. you don't un
it's defense. bae systems. >> i will tell you, we have the best nurses in the world. if you of course that doctors are important, keep in mind that, for those of you who have been patients, you know this t doctors come by for perhaps, 15, 20 minutes a day. you have a nurse for 24 hours. so, the nurses are the true care givers, the one carrying out the physician orders. the nurses did say nenoneinal job. >> obama spent a long time talking about it, and nobody at the end of that...
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it shows that they're concerned, they're anxious that they're defensive. they know they're on the wrong side of history. they're on the wrong side, despite now we just have to win it. >> how do you--i mean, you are one of the one of your roles here from my distance is cheerleader you are in charge of keeping spirits up and keeping the smile going as the as the the struggle gets seems to be getting more and more difficult. >> well, there's a lot to be optimistic about, you know, when when we went to the state capitol to testify against sb seven, hb six, there are hundreds of other texans who driven from all over the state and as you know, it's 254 counties to timezones, there's a lot of miles, a lot of hours to get to the capitol in the midst of a pandemic, which we're not through yet. and yet people are willing to come out and stem stand up for democracy, they wait 14 1516 hours to get there two minutes to testify for all these great groups like the texas civil rights project, move to texas democratic parties doing a lot of great work. so i see a response
it shows that they're concerned, they're anxious that they're defensive. they know they're on the wrong side of history. they're on the wrong side, despite now we just have to win it. >> how do you--i mean, you are one of the one of your roles here from my distance is cheerleader you are in charge of keeping spirits up and keeping the smile going as the as the the struggle gets seems to be getting more and more difficult. >> well, there's a lot to be optimistic about, you know, when...
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the trump defense may point to a case involving judge archibald. he was impeached for conduct in a prior position. and there, most of the senators who spoke out at the time, although that judge was acquitted of prior offenses, said they believe that you could be convicted for prior offenses. they didn't think the evidence was strong enough. so even that case doesn't support the defense. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you very much for starting us off on this hour. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> after this break, a look at the evidence that will be presented in the senate trial including some of the video that will be presented as evidence. former federal prosecutor daniel goldman, who worked on the first impeachment investigation of donald trump, will join us next. . if you have risk factors like heart disease, diabetes and raised triglycerides,... ...vascepa can give you something to celebrate. ♪ vascepa, when added to your statin,... ...is clinically proven to provide 25% lower risk from heart attack and stroke. vascepa is clearly diffe
the trump defense may point to a case involving judge archibald. he was impeached for conduct in a prior position. and there, most of the senators who spoke out at the time, although that judge was acquitted of prior offenses, said they believe that you could be convicted for prior offenses. they didn't think the evidence was strong enough. so even that case doesn't support the defense. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you very much for starting us off on this hour. we appreciate it....
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really preerns it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, donald trump's latest defense of his friend vladimir putin. u not only want a clean feeling every day, you want your denture to be stain free. did you know there's a specialty cleanser that's gentle enough for everyday use and cleans better than regular toothpaste? try polident cleanser. it has a four in one cleaning system that kills ten times more odor causing bacteria than regular toothpaste, deep cleans where brushing may miss, helps remove tough stains, and maintains the original color of your dentures when used daily. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture, use polident every day. we cthen we are toldrld it's braver to go it alone. ♪ that independence is the way to accomplish. ♪ but there is another way to live. ♪ a way that sees the only path to fulfillment- is through others. ♪ that our time here can be deep beyond measure. ♪ no one who chose interdependence ever found despair. ♪ because what the world taught as weakness, is in fact our greatest virtue. ♪ ♪ ♪ you nervous? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ accused of o
really preerns it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, donald trump's latest defense of his friend vladimir putin. u not only want a clean feeling every day, you want your denture to be stain free. did you know there's a specialty cleanser that's gentle enough for everyday use and cleans better than regular toothpaste? try polident cleanser. it has a four in one cleaning system that kills ten times more odor causing bacteria than regular toothpaste, deep cleans where...
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the defense donald trump offered tonight which, onc again, maybe more of a confession then a defense come one day after his last secretary of defense said that donald trump cannot be trusted with government secrets ever again and it comes one day after donald trump's las senate confirmed attorne general said this. >> this was a case that wa entirely of his own making he had no right to these documents. the government pride for over year, quietly, and with respec to try to get them back whic was essential that they do and he jerked them around. and he had no legal basis fo keeping them but beyond that, when he faced a subpoena, he did not raise any legal arguments. he engaged in a course o deceitful conduct, according t the indictment, that was a clear crime, if thos allegations are true and it was outrageous. >> a clear crime, cistern on trump's last attorney general. one of our first guests tonight, bradley moss, tweeted this question for donald trum today. if you gave the order to declassify all records, an your orders have the force o law even if only done in you own mind, why wou
the defense donald trump offered tonight which, onc again, maybe more of a confession then a defense come one day after his last secretary of defense said that donald trump cannot be trusted with government secrets ever again and it comes one day after donald trump's las senate confirmed attorne general said this. >> this was a case that wa entirely of his own making he had no right to these documents. the government pride for over year, quietly, and with respec to try to get them back...
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the trump defense may point to a case on archbald. and there most of the senators who spoke out at the time, all though that judge was acquitted of fire offenses, said they believe that you could be convicted for prior offenses. they didn't think the evidence was strong enough. so even that case doesn't support the defense. >> congressman adam schiff, thank you so much for starting us off on this hour. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> after this break, a look at the evidence that will be presented in the senate trial including some of the video that will be presented as evidence. former federal prosecutor daniel goldman who worked on the first impeachment investigation of donald trump will join us next. f donald trump wiljol in us next wanna build a gaming business that breaks the internet? that means working night and day... ...and delegating to an experienced live bookkeeper for peace of mind. your books are all set. so you can finally give john some attention. trusted experts. guaranteed accurate books. intuit quickbooks live. â
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>> neal, can the defense appeal a discovery motion like thisin a ruling by the judge? >> no. not really. it's an interlocutory appeal that would have to be certified and get very special standards. it's not gonna happen here. the judge here has massive discretion to rule the evidence the way she wants and to an extent on trump has a complaint, if he is convicted, as i suspect he will be, he can appeal and make that part of his complaint that judge chutkan didn't let him see some particular piece of evidence or not. good luck with that appeal. >> i want to get both of your reactions to this new information from liz cheney's book that kevin mccarthy is saying two days after the election he knows that he lost. we're gonna squeeze in a commercial break right now and be right back with neal katyal and harry litman. >>>>> where my family visits often and where my memories are. i can do it with help from a prep cook, wardrobe assistant and stylist, someone to help me live right at home. life's good. when you have a plan. ♪ ♪ he hits his mark —center stage—and is crushed by a
>> neal, can the defense appeal a discovery motion like thisin a ruling by the judge? >> no. not really. it's an interlocutory appeal that would have to be certified and get very special standards. it's not gonna happen here. the judge here has massive discretion to rule the evidence the way she wants and to an extent on trump has a complaint, if he is convicted, as i suspect he will be, he can appeal and make that part of his complaint that judge chutkan didn't let him see some...
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now that defense is out there, but that also limits his defense. he can't now say that it was actually accurate, that the prosecutor is wrong in saying that it's perjury because it is accurate. so it's a strange situation, but we have a strange cast of characters in this whole episode. >> let's listen to that very strange moment yesterday that we've all seen before, but i want to see it one more time there jerome corsi because i then want to play what roger stone had to say today about jerome corsi. let's start with jerome corsi and follow that immediately with roger stone talki ining about je corsi. >> i fully anticipate the next few days i will be indicted by mueller for some form or other of giving false information to the special counsel or to one of the other grand jury or however they want to do the indictment. >> it appears to me that he's been heavily pressured to bear false witness against me and perhaps other. i do know that he met with candidate trump trump and micha cohen during the campaign. i don't know what that was about. i don't kn
now that defense is out there, but that also limits his defense. he can't now say that it was actually accurate, that the prosecutor is wrong in saying that it's perjury because it is accurate. so it's a strange situation, but we have a strange cast of characters in this whole episode. >> let's listen to that very strange moment yesterday that we've all seen before, but i want to see it one more time there jerome corsi because i then want to play what roger stone had to say today about...
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the democratic party line of defense of bill clinton on cable news shows in those days was very simply, everyone lies about sex. that was their line. there was nothing consistent about the reaction democrats in the senate had to accusations about clarence thomas which most democrats found credible and accusations against republican senator bob packwood which both democrats and republicans found credible and accusations against bill clinton and it may be that the democrats have finally found a consistent approach to such accusations and that approach is now zero tolerance. republican senator bob packwood decided to resign from the senate in 1995 only after a three year's long senate ethics committee investigation recommended that he be expelled on sexual harassment charges. that's what it took for bob packwood to resign. a majority of the democrats in the senate no longer think that an ethics committee investigation is necessary, not eastbound for some accusations not proven. senator franken categorically denied an accusation made by an anonymous woman who says that she believes he atte
the democratic party line of defense of bill clinton on cable news shows in those days was very simply, everyone lies about sex. that was their line. there was nothing consistent about the reaction democrats in the senate had to accusations about clarence thomas which most democrats found credible and accusations against republican senator bob packwood which both democrats and republicans found credible and accusations against bill clinton and it may be that the democrats have finally found a...
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it is now all about defense. it is now all about defending the trump transition team, possibly the president himself, and now definitely jared kushner involving their connections to russia. >> i have a new name for them for their room. let's call it the crisis chamber. i mean, this is insanity. first of all, we know that the president himself while on this foreign trip all over the world for nine days outside of his comfort zone and literally shoving nato to the side, you know, he is lawyering up. so he knows that this is getting closer, and taking an outside counsel is something intelligent that trump has done in this regard. but i think that setting up this what i'm going to continue to call more like a crisis chamber is, again, a strange thing, that it's being led by the very guy who is the focus of the investigation. you know, we'll see whether he turns into a target. he is not legally a target yet. but the information is coming faster at us than, you know, than we can count. >> david, one of the questions th
it is now all about defense. it is now all about defending the trump transition team, possibly the president himself, and now definitely jared kushner involving their connections to russia. >> i have a new name for them for their room. let's call it the crisis chamber. i mean, this is insanity. first of all, we know that the president himself while on this foreign trip all over the world for nine days outside of his comfort zone and literally shoving nato to the side, you know, he is...
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former secretary of defense will join us with his concerns. as ceo of exxonmobile... rex tillerson put exxon's interests before america's i'm not here to represent the us government's interest. instead, tillerson sided with putin. with billions in russian oil deals... he opposed us sanctions on russia... ...for war crimes forced to pay hundreds of millions for toxic pollution... ...putting profits ahead of our kid's health. tell your senators to reject rex tillerson. and protect ameran interts not corporate interests. >>> after the united states dropped two atomic bombs on japan at end of world war ii, albert einstein said the unleashed power of the atom has changed everything, save our modes of thinking and we thus drift among unparalleled catastrophe. the dynamics of that draft will change dramatically on inauguration day when the biscuit is passed from president obama it donald trump. the discut is the nickname for a card, verification codes, for launching nuclear weapons. presidents are always supposed to have that in their pockets. standing steps away when the bi
former secretary of defense will join us with his concerns. as ceo of exxonmobile... rex tillerson put exxon's interests before america's i'm not here to represent the us government's interest. instead, tillerson sided with putin. with billions in russian oil deals... he opposed us sanctions on russia... ...for war crimes forced to pay hundreds of millions for toxic pollution... ...putting profits ahead of our kid's health. tell your senators to reject rex tillerson. and protect ameran interts...
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>> lawrence, i think your point about preparing as one of the smartest thing defense did was to burn out the clock. well i think what you're going to hear on monday is the prosecution doing something that is very easy for us to forget especially in the light of some of the testimonies we've seen today and that is reminded jury of what they have heard over the past three weeks. we have been having conversations each night about this case, the jury won't get to deliberate until monday, and they need to be reminded of all the evidence that they have heard. the prosecution will also put the context on what the experts has testified about, i think jay blackwell is just the person to do it, because he has a person who handles cases is used to -- in contributing to someone's death. and i think what the defense is going to do simply try to raise every instance that they can of an example of something that could've contributed to george floyd's death, besides derek chauvin's knee. that is essentially what should we expect on closing armaments on monday. >> kirk burkhalter, it was an odd thing
>> lawrence, i think your point about preparing as one of the smartest thing defense did was to burn out the clock. well i think what you're going to hear on monday is the prosecution doing something that is very easy for us to forget especially in the light of some of the testimonies we've seen today and that is reminded jury of what they have heard over the past three weeks. we have been having conversations each night about this case, the jury won't get to deliberate until monday, and...
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forged between defense secretary james mattis, treasury secretary steven mnuchin and all three vowed to leave in the president makes moves against one of them. during the transition, when president-elect trump was holding virtual public auditions for secretary of state, including this one with mitt romney, republican senator bob corker publicly took his name out of consideration for secretary of state. today, senator corker said this. >> i think secretary tillerson, secretary mattis and chief of staff kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos. and i support them very much. >> joining us now, eli stokel, also with us max bood, and also with us, betty woodruff. so, max, did i just hear the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee refer to the president as chaos after his secretary of state has apparently referred to him as a moron? >> that's a pretty -- i'm sorry on the day, lawrence. i would have to say, i mean, what can you do except kind of laugh? this is like a bad reality tv show. it is like what the heck is going to happen tomorrow? i mean, any ot
forged between defense secretary james mattis, treasury secretary steven mnuchin and all three vowed to leave in the president makes moves against one of them. during the transition, when president-elect trump was holding virtual public auditions for secretary of state, including this one with mitt romney, republican senator bob corker publicly took his name out of consideration for secretary of state. today, senator corker said this. >> i think secretary tillerson, secretary mattis and...
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for the defense. yeah. i mean, i think that you know, the defense is under no obligation to put any witnesses forward at all. lawrence has been very articulate and persuasive in saying that there is zero percent chance that they will put the defendant that they will put their own client donald trump on the stand in his own defense. but we don't know if they will put anybody. and so, if they don't, this is their defense. the cross-examination of michael cohen is the defense's case. and to get what blanche was able to get out him today, there was nothing. which makes me feel like they must be incredibly confident in their ability to try to get a mistrial ruling here. or something surprising is going to happen on thursday or they didn't bring it because there was really nothing. especially when you consider that when the prosecution laid out their case at the out set, they basically said this is a documents case. we will butt michael cohen on the stand. you will hear about why. and everything we need to prove
for the defense. yeah. i mean, i think that you know, the defense is under no obligation to put any witnesses forward at all. lawrence has been very articulate and persuasive in saying that there is zero percent chance that they will put the defendant that they will put their own client donald trump on the stand in his own defense. but we don't know if they will put anybody. and so, if they don't, this is their defense. the cross-examination of michael cohen is the defense's case. and to get...